MSWEB Network Solutions » Gadget http://blog.mswebnetwork.net The Official News and Updates Blog of MSWEB Network! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Google rolls out silent fix for Android security vulnerability http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/536/google-rolls-out-silent-fix-for-android-security-vulnerability/ http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/536/google-rolls-out-silent-fix-for-android-security-vulnerability/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:32:48 +0000 marvin.salazar http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/?p=536 Android LogoGoogle heard you guys and they are now silently rolling out a fix to the recent Android security flaw titled Google Android Security flaw could affect 99.7% of smartphones according to the Google spokeperson:

"Today [May 18th] we’re starting to roll out a fix which addresses a potential security flaw that could, under certain circumstances, allow a third party access to data available in calendar and contacts. This fix requires no action from users and will roll out globally over the next few days."

Google has already started rolling out a fix!

The issue had already been fixed in Android 2.3.4 (codenamed Gingerbread), but as we mentioned earlier this week over 99% of Android users are running earlier versions of the operating system.

Credit goes to Naked Security (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com) for posting awareness.

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]]> http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/536/google-rolls-out-silent-fix-for-android-security-vulnerability/feed/ 0 Google Android Security flaw could affect 99.7% of smartphones http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/503/google-android-security-flaw-could-affect-99-7-of-smartphones/ http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/503/google-android-security-flaw-could-affect-99-7-of-smartphones/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 04:58:24 +0000 marvin.salazar http://blog.mswebnetwork.net/?p=503 Security is a serious thing and it applies not to just our computers and servers but also to our personal mobile devices such as our smartphones. Android devices might pose a risk in which unauthorized parties might be able to peek at your Google Calendar and Contacts information. So what? Well check this out as it could be a major stalker tool and for everyone who minds their privacy might want to patch up.

The flaw was discovered by the researchers from University of Ulm and exposes a serious issues about privacy and the hardships that is to maintain and keep your Android phones updated.

Auth Token Masked

According to the German researchers Bastian Könings, Jens Nickels, and Florian Schaub’s this affects Android 2.3.3 and earlier also includes the Calendar, Contacts which transmit information “in the clear” via HTTP, and retrieve an authentication token (authToken) from Google.

See more of the report in the University’s website @ http://www.uni-ulm.de/en/in/mi/staff/koenings/catching-authtokens.html

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